Adiwale Partners, led by Jean-Marc Savi de Tové, backs Guinea healthcare firm

Adiwale Fund I, managed by Adiwale Partners, the private equity firm co-founded by Togolese businessman and financier Jean-Marc Savi de Tové, has acquired a minority stake in Clinique Ambroise Paré, one of Guinea’s largest private healthcare providers. 

Founded in 2000, Clinique Ambroise Paré in Conakry serves local patients and international mining companies. The clinic provides general and specialist care in a market with limited access to quality medical services. The investment is Adiwale Fund I’s latest expansion into essential services in West Africa, targeting the healthcare sector.

Africa-based fund backs healthcare growth

Adiwale Fund I said it will support the clinic’s modernization, including upgrading medical equipment, expanding service lines and recruiting additional experienced medical staff.

“Improving access to quality healthcare for our populations matters,” Gnassounou, managing partner at Adiwale Partners, said. “This investment will help strengthen local capacity and reduce the need for patients to travel abroad for routine treatments.” 

Jean-Marc Savi de Tové, co-managing partner at Adiwale Partners, said the fund’s role will go beyond capital. “We want to reinforce governance, environmental and social practices, and provide hands-on operational support so the clinic can set a national standard,” he said. 

Nabil Saad, majority shareholder and CEO of Clinique Ambroise Paré, said the deal comes at an important point. “Adiwale’s experience will help us raise service quality to international standards and improve how the clinic is run,” he said. “We are proud to partner with an Africa-based fund to build a stronger healthcare system that delivers quality care at home.”

Adiwale Partners boosts West African firms

Adiwale Partners was founded in 2016 by Gnassounou and Savi de Tové. The firm, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, provides growth capital and operational support to mid-sized companies across Francophone West Africa. It boasts 20 transactions and over 30 fund investments.

It manages Adiwale Fund I, a €60 million ($70 million) private equity fund focused on consumer goods and services, business services and manufacturing. In September 2025, the fund backed Codex, a Senegal-based lifting and logistics company and invested $5.8 million in Enko Education in 2022.

Extensive Africa-focused fund oversight

Jean-Marc Savi de Tové has 20 years of investment experience across Europe, the U.S., and Africa. Before co-founding Adiwale Partners, he was a partner at a private equity firm, leading governance, investment structuring, and operational improvements.

He previously worked at CDC Group in London, where over six years he invested more than $600 million in African funds including Helios, ECP, AfricInvest, African Capital Alliance, AFIG, Aureos, and Catalyst, and served on their supervisory boards.